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<h1><a name="C16"></a>Chapter 16: <a name="i0"></a>Pegs</h1>
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A number of pegs are placed in holes on a board. You can remove a peg by jumping an adjacent peg over it (horizontally or vertically) to a vacant hole on the other side. Your aim is to remove all but one of the pegs initially present.
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This game, best known as <a name="i1"></a>&#8216;Peg Solitaire&#8217;, is possibly one of the oldest puzzle games still commonly known.
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<h2><a name="S16.1"></a>16.1 <a name="i2"></a>Pegs controls</h2>
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To move a peg, drag it with the mouse from its current position to its final position. If the final position is exactly two holes away from the initial position, is currently unoccupied by a peg, and there is a peg in the intervening square, the move will be permitted and the intervening peg will be removed.
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Vacant spaces which you can move a peg into are marked with holes. A space with no peg and no hole is not available for moving at all: it is an obstacle which you must work around.
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You can also use the cursor keys to move a position indicator around the board. Pressing the return key while over a peg, followed by a cursor key, will jump the peg in that direction (if that is a legal move).
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(All the actions described in <a href="common.html#S2.2">section 2.2</a> are also available.)
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<h2><a name="S16.2"></a>16.2 <a name="i3"></a>Pegs parameters</h2>
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These parameters are available from the &#8216;Custom...&#8217; option on the &#8216;Type&#8217; menu.
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<em>Width</em>, <em>Height</em>
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Size of grid in holes.
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<em>Board type</em>
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Controls whether you are given a board of a standard shape or a randomly generated shape. The two standard shapes currently supported are &#8216;Cross&#8217; and &#8216;Octagon&#8217; (also commonly known as the English and European traditional board layouts respectively). Selecting &#8216;Random&#8217; will give you a different board shape every time (but always one that is known to have a solution).
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